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Synonyms of pang

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Another word for pang is stab. Other synonyms of pang are afflict, excruciate, aggrieve, agonize and anguish.

Synonyms and similar words for pang

verbTo cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.

  • afflictTo cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
  • excruciateTo inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
  • aggrieveTo cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
  • agonizeTo cause agony or anguish in someone.
  • anguishTo cause to suffer pain.
  • dere British, dialectalTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
  • hurt
  • irritateTo induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
  • pineTo inflict pain upon; to torment.
  • rackTo cause (someone) to suffer pain.
  • tormentTo cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.).
  • tortureTo intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or...
  • wring figurativelyTo cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
  • ache literary, rareTo cause someone or something to suffer pain.
  • throe obsoleteTo cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.

nounMore synonyms

  • stab
  • twingeA sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a...

Meaning of pang

  1. noun A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
  2. noun A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
  3. verb To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.

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Questions about synonyms of pang

What is another word for pang?
Pang has 17 synonyms on Word.ws, such as stab, afflict, excruciate, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, dere and hurt.
What does pang mean?
Pang means a paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.

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